The Settings app lets you manage which Microsoft Store apps can run in the background. Use this method to stop background usage for specific apps only (versus all apps at once, like with the following ...

To improve performance on Windows 11, you can safely end processes like unused apps, bloatware (e.g., Copilot, Phone Link), high-resource processes, and peripheral-related programs via Task Manager.

If you see multiple processes of the same program running on your Windows 11 PC, there is no need to panic, as this is a normal behavior of all Windows computers. However, if you experience ...